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Thought for tomorrow: The role of the architect
Orms Architects’ John McRae imagines how an architect’s working life may change
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Five-star Knightsbridge hotel redevelopment set for planning OK
Scheme by Richard Rogers’ firm has been recommended for approval by Westminster planners
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Product fire testing: safe as houses?
Construction product safety has been highlighted in the wake of the Grenfell fire. Thomas Lane unravels the complexities of the present system
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Legal: Control brings responsibility
James Bessey explains the weighty responsibilities that can be placed on contractors under the 2005 fire safety regulations
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Billington sees profit jump on back of increased capacity
Steel firm fabricated 30,000 tonnes last year
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Can foreign direct investment help solve the UK's housing crisis?
Though the government has set aside £3bn for the nation’s Home Building Fund in an attempt to boost stock levels, which is a welcome step, the industry knows this isn’t enough to turbocharge construction
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Warnings of more to come as Carillion taskforce meets to discuss M&E firm's collapse
Vaughan Engineering, which blames bust firm for its demise, sent home its 160 staff last Friday
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Details of new 'desktop study' rules for building regs emerge
British Standards Institution working on protocol for external cladding systems
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RG Carter starts work on £30m UEA building
Deal follows contractor’s student resi scheme for university last year
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Galliford Try rights issue raises £158m
Cash will be used to cover soaring Aberdeen bypass costs
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Mace lodges plans for mixed-use Sheffield scheme
Project includes 247 build-to-rent units and 658 student beds
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Long Marston Garden Village moves step closer
Scheme at former airfield includes 3,500 new homes
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Trailblazers: The Imperial War Museum, London
As part of the Building Your Future campaign, we ask what buildings were futuristic in their time, or marked a change in how the industry built
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Landbanking - an inconvenient truth
An unfortunate fact, for those that choose to blame landbanking for the housing crisis - it doesn’t actually happen
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Senior Carillion staff offered bonuses to stay with failing contractor
The remuneration committee agreed to a string of big ticket payments following last July’s profit warning